THERE is a scene within the 2020 documentary The Social Dilemma that has stayed with me. A tear rolls down a lady’s face as she appraises herself within the mirror, her unhappiness a results of dangerous physique picture comparisons rife on social media. The dramatic recreation depicts simply one of many potential harms highlighted in a current US Surgeon Basic’s Advisory on social media use and youth psychological well being.
The advisory, a report “reserved for important public well being challenges that require the nation’s rapid consciousness and motion”, summarises a few of the “ample indicators” that social media can pose a “profound danger of hurt to the psychological …
